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ВестникЦентракорейскогоязыкаикультуры. Выпуск11
Time oppositions:
Timeoppositionsplayan importantpart in the text.Themainopposition
“time before the separation— time after the separation”
. Before the
separation the femalenarratorused to leadnaturalwayof life: shecriedand
laughed, and shewas busywith things to do.
㌂⧧Ἒ㤢G㤆▮G㤆⯚
㌳ṗ䞮┞G⳿㧊GⲪἶ
ᾦ䌲Ἒ㤢G㤙▮G㤆㔊
䠺㞚Ⰲ┞G▪㤇G㎵┺
If I think of the tears I cried
Unable to conquermy love,—
My throat dries up.
If I count up allmy laughs
Unable to conquermy coquetry
Itmakesme even sadder.
Her lifewas supposed tobeaccompaniedbyher beloved: «…
Wewere
born into this world andmade a promise for a100 years not to die…
»
㤆
ⰂG⚦ⰂG㌳Ỿ⋮㎪G㯃㰖GⰞ㧦䞮ἶG⺇⎚㟓
. The separation broke this
natural way of the things, broke the normal existence of the narrator and
put it to suffering:
ⰺ䂲G㔲⯚G㧊⩗㪎⩗㧊⧒
䦹䔎⩂㰚G⁒㕂G
┺G䤚⬾䎾G▪㪎⚦ἶ
㧦⋮G₾⋮G₾⋮G㧦⋮
┮㦚Gⴑ⽊┞GṖ㔋㧊G╋╋
I am embarrassed and gloomy,
I quittedall the things I used to care for.
When I am sleeping or I am awake—whenever
My heart aches because I cannot seemy beloved.
Under these circumstances the narrator’s life lost itsmeaning and she
sees it as vain:
㼪⁞㯂㡻G‖₆㡺
㏆㌂㧒GὖἚ䞮⨊
Do thousands of gold, pearls and jade
Have anymeaning in theworld?
